BIKERS CLUB JUNE 2019 ISSUE | Page 14

BC: Do you feel, a female rider faces more challenges in riding than the male riders? MYP: Of course yes, physically we are not as tall as men, neither as strong as them.. and that makes it harder to manage the big bikes but as women we are much stronger "mentally" and that makes us work harder towards our goals and achieve them! And don't forget as woman we are wife and mother and that makes it more harder to have time for passion also. BC: What kind of chit-chat, or code you share, when you meet another female rider (aka 'bikerni')? MYP: They love to talk about my rides and how I've done it? They are interested to know how I rode when I was pregnant? There are so many questions because all of them loves to do the same.. I always share my experience and information and help them in any each ways I can. BC: "Bikers Brotherhood or Sisterhood" do you believe in this most used and famous words in the bikers community? MYP: Yes !! I do believe in this, 'Brotherhood' do exists, and for 'Sisterhood' there are very less numbers of female riders or groups, but in our group 'Lady Riders Of India' which is founded by me, are 20 lady riders whom we support and stand by each other all the time, not just because we are a group but we call it ourselves a tribe, and as a tribe we are one. I had a very good experience of 'Brotherhood' when I was a part of 'HOI' & 'HOG' all the men riders supported women riders. So I do believe in these terminology in bikers community. BC: What you don't like about riders community or clubs? MYP: Hmmm, I don't like the gossips they do, and sometimes their focus moves from riding to some stupid stuffs, and as far as the clubs are concerned, they party and drink too much, more than the actual stuffs which they are supposed to do as a group or club. BC: What is that quality you think a real biker should have? MYP: Real bikers needs to have a very strong mind, and needs to have the reflexes to manage the problems on the spot, because as a biker you will face so many breakdowns, so many problems and so many things happening on the road that you need to have very strong mind and you need to have a problem solver attitude. BC: If not biking, then which other adventure sport you would have chosen? MYP: If I had to start it from "zero' then I think I would have gone to 'Boxing'. BC: Do you think people ride for fame? MYP: Yeah !! Of course !! People ride for many reasons but in India, super biking started very recently when Harley and other companies entered about 10 years ago, so many people have started making business out of it in social media. Some people ride for enjoyment and adventure but most people ride to get fame. But I respect those riders who are not in social media but very good bikers. There is a difference between a bike modelling and bike riding, so those who does modelling and claim they are biker, I think they are not... lot of followers in social media doesn't make you a real biker.